THE FREEZING INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 62, 7 December 1920, Page 6

THE FREEZING INDUSTRY

dispute not yet settled. No further progress has 'been made .in settling the labour dispute in the freezing industry. A representative of the companies stated yesterday that the companies' offer of a 20 per cent increase on piecework rates, and a 221 per cent, on time rates has not been favourably entertained by the men. "I consider," he said, "that the offer, which we mode before the announcement of the nine-shilling bonus, was a very reasonable one, when compared with Millar increases in other industries. With the addition of the tonus offered, tho award rates for our men will to nicrensed as follows:—Piecework: Slaughtering, sheep, per hundred, from .£1 15s?. to «AJ 2s limbs XI 12s. 6d. to £i 195., cattle from 2s. 3d. each to 2s. 8.4 d.; ekinmillers, 6s. 101(1. per luO skins to Bs. 3d. Tho lowest paid timcwork Tato wider the award is Is, 9d. per hour, and this, with the tonus, would bo increased to I ■ 1.723d'., making' 17s- I.Bd. per day of eiiht hours. It should' bo noted tluvt the tonus \ applies to nil optima work, differing in tins respect /™» ,J» T bonus awarded 1)y the CourtofArbitjtion, which bases its awards on a fl it rate per week. This appearsJo n oJ.<i bo considerably in the . as ove'rtim0 j is extensively worked during the season."